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discriminant function

 
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–noun Statistics.
a linear function of measurements of different properties of an object or event that is used to assign the object or event to one population or another (discriminant analysis).
Origin:
1935–40
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discriminant function  
n.   Statistics
A function of a set of variables used to classify an object or event.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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